I read with interest TG's recount on 4x4 driving and the Metro. Sorry to repeat it but it is applicable. I had 2 Metros issued to my beat. The first was a 1.0 litre and the second a 1.3. Due to the fact that my patch had more unmade roads than made I asked if anything could be done to protect the 'sump' Yes I know it was the gearbox. They fitted a Rally modification. I only got stuck once and it was my fault. I didn't allow for a passenger and got it lodged on a ridge.Another time at an accident I had to get off the road, it was very soft mud, it sank up to the floor and still came out, I thought it was a magic little vehicle. People used to laugh at my 6ft winding into it but it did the job. Of course there were no winter tyres fitted then.
On a different note a colleague, just like the ones in the video, attended an accident. Sheet ice. Parked the Land Rover on the hill. Didn't think to turn the wheel against the kerb OR put it on the grass and wondered why it sailed past him down the hill. Well I put it in gear!!!!!!!!.